#73BCBA#73BCBA

#73BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.073 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73BCBA
RGB	rgb(115, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -23.21, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 24.02, 194.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0712 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.073 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9131, 43.1541, 52.9874)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73BCBA #BC7375

analogous

#73BC96 #73BCBA #739ABC

triadic

#73BCBA #BA73BC #BCBA73

tetradic

#73BCBA #9673BC #BC7375 #9ABC73

square

#73BCBA #9673BC #BC7375 #9ABC73

split-complementary

#73BCBA #BC739A #BC9673

monochromatic

#3A7A78 #4EA4A1 #73BCBA #9CD0CE #C6E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#73BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#73BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73BCBA

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73BCBA	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.073 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0ce',
    500: '#73bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73bcba;
$custom-light: #9fd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.356,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74698,
    "c": 0.07323,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73BCBA

secondary

#D4B7B8

accent

#5C60CB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #73BCBA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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